A coalition of disabled people’s organisations has today written to the Prime Minister urging her to meet with them to discuss the deteriorating quality of life experienced by millions of disabled people in the UK. The call comes exactly six months since the United Nations’ damning report on the UK Government’s implementation of the Convention […]
I am requesting help on Social Media to get the message across to Assembly Members across Wales that there is still time to reverse the awful decision to close WILG and transfer all responsibilities for Independent Living to local authorities. A list of AM Twitter handles can be found below along with a suggested Tweet and electronic
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Throughout the 2017/18 football season I will be contributing to the Wrexham AFC matchday programme. I will be penning a feature called Memory Match, a look back at classic Wrexham games from the past that I will share in this blog over the coming months. This is the third successive season that I have been writing the
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What my #SaveWILG campaign is in need of is a theme tune. I hit upon this idea while watching TOTP2 in bed the other night. Tears for Fears were featured in this addition from 1985 and they were preforming their classic hit Everybody Wants to Rule the World. Without permission, I have took it upon myself
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Way back in 2013 I found a time to create a few YouTube videos that I would like to share with you now. This was before I began my activism work when I could find time to express myself in whatever way I wanted. One of these videos is a promotional film for Every Silver
Please find attached a copy of the WCBC opposition Labour Group’s Alternative 2018/2019 budget, which includes: An extra £500,000 for Wrexham’s secondary schools Scrapping planned parking charges for disabled people Scrapping plans to charge for parking at our country parks Creating a new supported public travel fund Reducing the number of senior councillors Much needed additional
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It seems that an attempt to get the Executive Board to reconsider how they carry out a consultation into charging for disabled parking and at Wrexham’s country parks failed after a lengthy two and a half hour debate. Further details about this can be found here. It is difficult to know how to reason with
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Haiku is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. A Haiku consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables. Each line has a set number of syllables see below: Line 1 – 5 syllables Line 2 – 7 syllables Line 3 – 5 syllables Regular readers of this blog will know
I received the following letter from Lesley Griffiths AM regarding Wrexham Council’s appalling decision to push ahead with the proposed Blue Badge parking charges. I share this letter to highlight the positive support that is being offered to me by my Welsh Labour AM and a small group of Local Councillors in the face of
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